On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 14:39:03 +0200, "Anthony E. Greene" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 1:16 Jan 14, 2005 Aly Dharshi <aly.dharshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > If the destination is the same CPU type you > > > can get away with copying the files under /var/lib/pgsql/ instead, > > > > isn't this something dangerous to do, regardless of the cpu being the > > same ? > > The PostgreSQL versions should be the same too. Sometimes the binary file > format changes between versions. It should also be bult with the same configure options. If you are using the same rpm on the same architecture type you should be OK.